1759 - 1832
William Cockerill Belgian Business
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| First Name |
William
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| Last Name |
Cockerill
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1758
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| Birthplace |
Lancashire, Great Britain
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| Died |
1832
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| Place of Death |
Aachen, Prussia
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| Nationality |
Belgian
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| Occupation Text |
Inventor, machine maker, industrialist
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| Occupation |
Business
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William Cockerill (1759–1832) was a British inventor, entrepreneur, and industrialist. Designing and producing machines for new industrial textile manufacturing, he is best known for having established a major manufacturing firm in the Liège in modern-day Belgium. He is widely considered to have been instrumental in spreading the Industrial Revolution in Continental Europe
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